PvP Season 14 Ending Soon

Blizzard just published a blog on the upcoming end of PvP Season 14--which could end in as little as two weeks. Past end-of-season announcements have been tied to new major patches, so it's reasonable to speculate that Season 14's end will be close to Patch 5.4.7's launch.

Season 15 will begin approximately a week after the end of Season 14.

As for Season 15 Prideful PvP gear, it's ilvl 550 and shares models with Season 14 PvP gear. However, the colors are swapped between factions so there's no faction-exclusive colors anymore.

When browsing Prideful Gladiator items, to see the correct ilvl 550 stats, make sure you're on the PTR domain--these items were datamined last year as ilvl 540, which is what they show on regular live Wowhead.

Blizzard

Blood, sweat, and tears stain the Arena floors and Battleground fields—a grim chronicle of the hard-fought battles many of you have survived. Once again, the time has come for the victorious to be heralded, and champions to be rewarded!Season 14 is coming to an end as early as two weeks from now. On that day, we'll begin the process of determining end-of-season reward eligibility, which could take up to two weeks to complete.Qualifying players should note the following in order to ensure you receive your just rewards:

Please do not transfer your characters to another realm or faction until after Season 14 has ended.

Award distribution for Season 14, including titles and mounts, could take up to two weeks after the season ends, though our goal is to finish in one.

Only players who have a rating of 1,000 or better are considered when calculating rewards.

At the end of the season, Conquest Points will be converted into Honor Points, and any Honor above 4,000 will be converted into in-game currency at a rate of 35 silver per point. There are a few other things to keep in mind once the season ends:

The Honor Points cap will remain at 4,000.

All Season 14 items will have their costs converted into Honor Points equivalent to their previous Conquest Points cost, with the exception of any items that have a rating requirement.

Season 14 items with rating requirements will no longer be available for purchase.

Season 15 Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds will begin approximately one week after the end of Season 14, and all Personal Ratings will be reset at the same time. Also note that Arena and Rated Battleground matches will not be available during the break between seasons. Once Season 15 begins, players will battle for the right to equip Prideful Gladiator gear, the most powerful PvP gear in game to date with an Item Level of 550.Lastly, as of the beginning of Season 14, PvP players no longer needed to join or create an Arena team to compete. You can find more information about this earlier change in our Patch 5.4 Arena Update blog.

Comments

Comment by Terrassen

on 2014/02/06 15:17:42

It seems like the world PvP will finally be a lot more balanced and PvE players will no longer only dominate.

The only negative part is that many PvE players will most probably choose to obtain PvP items, since there is not a single vendor selling items for the current item level for Valor Points, as it's been just one major patch back. Only as it's extremely time-consuming to obtain gear with a new level 90 character by being forced to do LFR raids, since there is a very high gap in item level required for a normal Seige of Orgrimmar and what you can obtain from LFR/Flex.

It would be a 100% better if they'd re-implemented a new vendor selling item level 553 PvE items just like in the past for Valor Points, now when they will update the PvP with new items.

Comment by peperoni234

on 2014/02/06 15:47:29

Check the UseStandingLoop animation its OP :D

Comment by NightmareMJ

on 2014/02/09 11:22:58

With a new season about to start, it looks like it will be around 8 months to a year before we see War Lords of Draenor, with around 6 months till closed beta perhaps.

Comment by GrindCoreDome

on 2014/02/10 10:52:44

What will happen with Season 14 honor gear?

Will it disappear from game? Still be available for honor despite de lower ilvl? or become craftable?